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U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Hezbollah and other armed groups should be disarmed "as soon as possible" and that Lebanese troops were expected to do the job.

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa will make his first visit to the United Arab Emirates and is also scheduled to visit Turkey next week, the Syrian foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday, as he continues to garner support for the new administration.

France's foreign minister said on Sunday that ties with Algeria were back to normal after he held 2 1/2 hours of talks with Algeria's president following months of bickering that have hurt Paris' economic and security interests in its former colony.

Tunisian authorities have dismantled makeshift camps housing 7,000 sub-Saharan African migrants and begun forcibly deporting some of them, a senior official told Reuters on Saturday, as the country grapples with an unprecedented migrant crisis.

Congo's government and M23 rebels last week held private talks in Qatar for the first time since the rebels conducted a lightning offensive in the country's east, a source briefed on the discussions told Reuters. 

Turkey could gain a competitive edge in accessing the U.S. market following the United States’ decision to impose higher tariffs on goods from major trading partners while maintaining a relatively low baseline tariff on Turkish exports, according to Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz.

Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian signaled on Saturday that Tehran is open to renewed dialogue with the United States—provided it is conducted on equal footing and without threats.

India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to develop an energy hub in Sri Lanka, India's foreign ministry said on Saturday, as New Delhi's competition with China grows in the Indian Ocean island nation.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty received a phone call from his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha, during which the two discussed developments in bilateral relations and efforts to strengthen cooperation in areas such as culture, trade, and economics.

Turkey has expressed its intention to engage in direct talks with the United States to seek the removal of a 10% additional tariff imposed on Turkish goods under the trade measures announced by President Donald Trump, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Saturday.

Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Mohammed Ahmed Al Yamahi, reiterated the body's official support for Arab causes, particularly the Palestinian issue, which he described as “the foremost concern of the Arab world,” during a coordination meeting of the Arab Group at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Tashkent.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday visited the military training base of the special operation units of the Korean People's Army, state media reported on Saturday.